Ducks swimming amongst plastic waste, unplanted and weed-filled flower beds and dried up water courses. Just some of the issues concerning Royal Victoria Park – one of Britain’s oldest public recreational spaces – now facing […]
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Category: Landscape
Tales of the (Bath) riverbank.
My thanks to Peter Dickinson for putting my mind at rest. Passing by the new Crest Riverside Elizabeth Park – due to be officially opened in a couple of weeks – l noticed the hoarding […]
Floral tribute to Forever Friends
A unique summer floral display marking the 20th anniversary of The Forever Friends Appeal – the fundraising charity of the RUH – has been unveiled in Bath’s Parade Gardens. The display, which has been created […]
Nothing idle about Bath’s MP
Bath’s Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse has been doing her bit on National Clean Air Day. She’s got the government to confirm that they are looking at implementing her bill, which would strengthen local authority […]
New cycle and walk route backed.
Some good news in on National Clean Air Day. Ambitious plans to create a 5km walking and cycling route, connecting the new Bath Quays development with sites across the city, has been backed with funding […]
Just your imagination.
This morning, Bath’s annual Forest of the Imagination week-end event was being being put together – in and around the Holburne Museum and within Sydney gardens. This year’s lay-out is designed by a collective of […]
Playing it for real.
Great to see how the business organisation Bath BID has teamed up with the plantsmen at the Parks Department to produce some amazing floral displays around the city. This year too the Southgate Shopping Centre […]
Keeping up appearances.
Right under the noses of B&NES – just across the High Street from Bath’s Guildhall – this is the pile of rubbish that greeted commuters on their way to work this morning. It’s a mixture […]
Highway horrors
Fed up with Bath’s pot holes, paving stone trip-hazards and lack of anywhere to leave your bike? Then keep your fingers crossed you are one of the three thousand odd locals who will be given […]
Let’s tidy up our park-side railway.
A while back l pointed out how vegetation was beginning to take hold on the retaining wall of the Great Western Railway cut through Sydney Gardens. This was constructed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his […]
